Girls outshine boys in Class X exam of Maharashtra Board

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Press Trust of India Pune
Last Updated : Jun 06 2016 | 2:28 PM IST
With a pass percentage of 91.41 per cent, girls once again outshone boys in the Maharashtra Board Class X examination results of which were declared today.
The overall pass per percentage of 89.56 per cent has been dropped by 1.90 per cent as compared to last year, Chairman of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gangadhar Mhamane told reporters here.
In what seems to be a tradition now, girls once again outperformed boys with passing percentage of 91.41 per cent against 87.98 per cent.
Konkan division registered the highest pass percentage with 96.56 among nine divisions of the board, whereas, Latur division was lowest with pass percentage of 81.54 per cent.
Division-wise pass percentage -- Pune 93.30, Nagpur 85.34, Aurangabad 88.05, Mumbai 91.90, Kolhapur 93.89, Amaravati 84.99, Nashik 89.61, Latur 81.54, and Konkan 96.56.
(REOPENS BES08)

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The result of the Nashik division, which comprises
four districts - Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon and Nandurbar was 89.61 per cent, Board's Nashik Divisional Secretary Rajendra Prasad Marwadi said.
District-wise percentage are Nashik 89.42, Dhule 90.36, Jalgaon 89.78 and Nandurbar 88.91, he added.

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First Published: Jun 06 2016 | 2:28 PM IST

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